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Passport Help!

Canadians! Do you know if your passport still has to be valid for 6 months after you depart the US if you travel there? (6 month validity rule)

Situation:FIL's want us to go see them and FBIL/FSIL/nephews at their new house in Palm Springs in April. My passport expires in August.I don't want to renew if I don't have to until AFTER our wedding (June) because I'm changing my name (taking FI's last name)

They're picky sometimes. I travel across the Canada/US border (St. Stephen, NB to Calias, ME) once a month or so (sometimes several times a month). I've never had a problem about my expiry date BUT they could choose to make it an issue. You might want to renew early just to be safe.

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I've not heard of anybody actually being denied. I live in a border city, (Windsor, ON) and in fact, my brother went to Detroit and back for a hockey game without realizing his passport had expired! Nobody said anything.

On the other hand, why risk it? I had to renew mine last fall, and asked while I was there if I'll have to pay again for a new one when I get married. She advised me that I don't have to change the name on my passport as long as I use my maiden name when booking flights.

I've not heard of anybody actually being denied. I live in a border city, (Windsor, ON) and in fact, my brother went to Detroit and back for a hockey game without realizing his passport had expired! Nobody said anything. On the other hand, why risk it? I had to renew mine last fall, and asked while I was there if I'll have to pay again for a new one when I get married. She advised me that I don't have to change the name on my passport as long as I use my maiden name when booking flights.Posted by LidleD

I heard this too. Part of me just doesn't want to go to Palm Springs because it's so much $ and we're getting married 2 months later. Just didn't make sense to change it before the wedding.